Sounds like misunderstanding on your friends part about Yoshi's mention of difficulty with new hires. He was bemoaning that new staff doesn't necessarily mean instantly better production from the team at large. New staff have to be trained to learn the code they're gonna be working with. Among other nuances I won't be bothered to bullet point.

Nobodys been fired recently from XIV. Some bad actors on the english side of things are more likely to be on the chopping block and as previously mentioned..... There'd be big news about it if it happened.